A thousand new training and volunteering places are to be made available to young unemployed Scots to help them gain valuable employment skills and work experience as part of the 2014 Commonwealth Games Legacy programme.
Scotland’s Best – backed by £2.4 million from the Scottish Government’s Legacy 2014 Young Person’s Fund – will see 1,000 jobless Scots, aged 16-24, offered a place on a part-time employability programme. Many of the volunteering opportunities will be at sporting and cultural events such as the World Pipe Band Championship, the Gymnastics World Cup and Celtic Connections.
For more information please visit:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/05/Commonwealth-Games22052013
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2013/05/Commonwealth-Games22052013
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